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Deloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors
Deloitte admitted AI-generated errors and fabricated citations in a $440,000 report for Australia’s welfare system, agreeing to repay the final installment, officials said.
- Deloitte will refund the Australian government $291,000 for errors in a compliance report, including incorrect citations, as confirmed by Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
- A Deloitte spokesperson confirmed that some footnotes and references in the report were incorrect after an independent assurance review indicated multiple errors.
- Christopher Rudge, a lecturer at the University of Sydney, criticized Deloitte for substituting multiple hallucinated references in the updated report.
- Labor senator Deborah O’Neill stated that Deloitte has a human intelligence problem, affecting the report's accuracy.
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Deloitte announces refund after backlash over $440,000 report that included nonexistent references to university studies
Deloitte’s AI slip-up reveals bigger threat to consulting firms
The NewsDeloitte’s Australian branch will issue the government a partial refund worth 440,000 Australian dollars ($290,000) after AI-generated errors were reportedly discovered in a paper it compiled for the client on an agency website. The 237-page document on automatic penalties in the country’s welfare system included a made-up quote from a court judgement and references to non-existent academic publications. That incorrect information has be…
The consultancy also uses AI in Denmark, but the company states that this is done in a responsible manner.
Deloitte AI Hallucination Scandal Rocks Government Report - American Faith
Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte is refunding part of a $440,000 (AUD) taxpayer-funded contract after its Australian division admitted that an official government report contained fake citations and AI-generated content. The embarrassing revelation marks the latest instance of a major firm suffering reputational damage for the careless use of artificial intelligence tools. According to Ars Technica, Deloitte Australia used Microsof…
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